# Standalone cluster using new parameter beat-xpack in metricbeat
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, metricbeat
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820 "2019-10-30T10:09:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Christophe\_Journel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christophe_Journel)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/1 "2019-10-30T10:09:16Z")
Hello,
I have multiple filebeat on several cluster. The monitoring is done by using beat-xpack feature from metricbeat on another server, using the HTTP entry point on each filebeat.
However, Metricbeat ( with a correct elasticsearch output) always creates a standalone cluster.
How can i force the cluster\_uuid ? I tried to set parameter "override\_cluster\_uuid" in filebeat configuration file, but this parameter is only avalaible when the filebeat directly sends monitoring stats to elasticsearch and that's obvioulsly not what i want.
I only need my metricbeat (using beat\_xpack) to connect to filebeat Entry point and send metrics to an elasticsearch using the right cluster\_uuid
any idea ?
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@B.M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/B.M)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/2 "2019-10-30T10:27:28Z")
Try using `monitoring.cluster_uuid:`
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### Author:  [@Christophe\_Journel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christophe_Journel)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/3 "2019-10-30T10:59:11Z")
> [@B.M](#):
>
> monitoring.cluster\_uuid:
i already tried this parameter in metricbeat.yml, but this has no effect
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### Author:  [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/4 "2019-10-30T11:39:37Z")
Hi @Christophe_Journel,
What versions of Filebeat and Metricbeat are you running?
Could you share your `filebeat.yml`, `metricbeat.yml` and `modules.d/beat-xpack.yml` from Metricbeat? Please mask any sensitive information in these files before posting.
Thanks,
Shaunak
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### Author:  [@Christophe\_Journel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christophe_Journel)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/5 "2019-10-30T12:55:23Z")
> [@shaunak](#):
>
> Could you share your `filebeat.yml` , `metricbeat.yml` and `modules.d/beat-xpack.yml` from Metricbeat? Please mask any sensitive information in these files before posting.
Hello @shaunak
metricbeat version :metricbeat-7.4.0-1.x86\_64
filebeat version: filebeat-7.4.1-1.x86\_64
And here is the filebeat configuration file (i deleted all unnecessary information and replaced IP addresses etc.)
```auto
######################## Filebeat Configuration ############################
#=========================== Filebeat inputs =============================
# List of inputs to fetch data.
filebeat.inputs:
rpm
path: "/tmp/filebeat"
filename: filebeat
rotate_every_kb: 10000
number_of_files: 2
permissions: 0600
#================================ Logging ======================================
logging.level: info
logging.to_files: true
logging.files:
path: /var/log/filebeat
name: filebeat
rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB
keepfiles: 7
permissions: 0644
#interval: 0
#================================ HTTP Endpoint
http.enabled: true
http.host: 10.10.10.10
http.port: 5066
```
and here is the metricbeat.yml file
```auto
###################### Metricbeat Configuration Example ######################
#========================== Modules configuration ============================
metricbeat.config.modules:
# Glob pattern for configuration loading
path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
# Set to true to enable config reloading
reload.enabled: false
# Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
#reload.period: 10s
#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================
setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 1
index.codec: best_compression
#_source.enabled: false
#================================ General =====================================
#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to.
hosts: ["myES1:9200","myES2:9200"]
# Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
#protocol: "https"
username: "elastic"
password: "XXXXXXXXXXX"
#================================ Processors ====================================
# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.
processors:
- add_host_metadata: ~
- add_cloud_metadata: ~
monitoring.enable: true
setup.ilm.enabled: false
monitoring.cluster_uuid: XXXXXXXXXX
```
The file /etc/metricbeat/modules.d/beat-xpack.yml looks like this:
```auto
# Module: beat
# Docs: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/7.4/metricbeat-module-beat.html
- module: beat
metricsets:
- stats
- state
period: 10s
hosts: ["10.10.10.10"]
xpack.enabled: true
```
Thanks for your help !
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### Author:  [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/6 "2019-10-30T18:07:43Z")
I _think_ you may have discovered a bug here, but I want to double check something first. In your `filebeat.yml` what `output` are you using?
Shaunak
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### Author:  [@Christophe\_Journel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christophe_Journel)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/7 "2019-10-30T20:24:15Z")
Hello,
The only output used in filebeat.yml is the logstash one.
However, i tried the file output with the same result.
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### Author:  [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/8 "2019-10-30T21:23:16Z")
Thanks. I was able to reproduce your setup locally and this indeed looks like a bug 😞. Thanks for discovering it. I have put up a PR to try and fix it: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/14338](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/14338).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-cluster-using-new-parameter-beat-xpack-in-metricbeat/205820/9 "2019-11-27T21:23:19Z")
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